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Invision Power Board v2.0 has progressed very well since we last updated this board to the newest alpha build and although we're not ready yet to update this board again with the development build, I can give a report as to the status of development and when we can expect an initial release.

We started this project a few short months ago in late November and at that time we made a very rough guess-timate for a release date of late January/ early February and considering the holiday period and the UK office moving, we're still largely on time.

Around 90% of the large additions have been complete. Once the new features have been written in, there is some optimization to do and then a final 'comb through' of all the code to integrate the new features neatly and to further optimize to remove redundant code.

We're still planning on 'eary February' but as always that is just our best estimation given the status of development and the speed we've maintained thus far. If this date is to change, we'll let you know and keep you updated.

New Features

There have been numerous new additions to the IPB feature set in v2.0, including many made since we updated this board a short while ago. We've also rewritten the templating system to make it easier to use and to streamline what many consider a complex system. We've also added in a task manager to allow you to schedule tasks to be run in the background when people visit your board. We've also improved the caching of the board to improve efficiency and to save those precious SQL accesses. With the task manager caching information silently in the background we've managed to make good savings; for example, the board index now only uses 5 queries - and that's with all the features turned on! Another favourite feature request has also been added: multiple groups. IPB 2.0 allows you to select a primary user group and secondary member groups. The primary group is responsible for the base permission set and how which group the member appears to be in.

As the new features are expansive, we've created a short overview document in PDF format which explains in more detail the skinning system and the task manager. Simple screenshots couldn't explain the depth and usefulness of these features alone.

Download Feature Overview PDF (1.5mb)

Even though the PDF goes into a good amount of detail on the new features, it's not an exhaustive list and certainly not a complete list of features we plan to add.

Features added to date include:

• Unlimited Sub Forums(无限子论坛版块)
• Relative Dates(相对日期)
• Multiple attachments with auto-thumbnail generation(多附件上传并可自动生成缩略图)
• Online/Offline user indicators in posts(帖子中会员在线/离线状态指示器)
• Multi-Quote- ability to quote more than 1 post at a time(多重引用)
• Ignore user feature(忽略会员特性)
• Full text searching improvements(改进全文本搜索)
• Ability to bypass the bad word filter(忽略无效的过滤关键字)
• Threaded mode view(帖子树型显示模式)
• Linear plus mode view(固定主帖的板式显示模式)
• Ability to attach files to polls when starting(发投票帖时可上传附件)
• Ability to perform mod actions when starting polls(发投票帖时可执行管理选项)
• [PM] Ability to attach files to a PM(在短消息中上传附件)
• [PM] Ability to show CC users(在短消息中显示抄送会员)
• [PM] Message count for each folder(显示每个文件夹中的短消息数)
• [PM] Improved new PM notification(改进的短消息提醒功能)
• Improved Mozilla posting editor(改进的Mozilla兼容发帖编辑器)
• Online forum users shows who is posting a new topic(论坛版块在线会员列表中可显示谁在发表新主题)
• Online topics users shows who is replying to the topic(主题在线会员列表中可显示谁在回复该主题)
• [ACP] Rewritten templating system([管理面板]重写的模板系统)
• [ACP] Mail queue to allow bulk mail to be sent([管理面板]邮件队列允许群发邮件)
• [ACP] Ability to have members in multiple groups([管理面板]允许会员从属于多个团队)
• [ACP] Task Manager to automate processes([管理面板]任务管理器自动化处理)